Jalani
- #1,065 for girls in 2025, 228 births
- #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
- Given to girls 71.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 228 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,676since 1992
Jalani over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,065 | 228 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #1,184 | 202 | #5,067 | 19 |
| 2023 | #1,089 | 226 | #4,112 | 26 |
| 2022 | #1,274 | 188 | #3,464 | 33 |
| 2021 | #1,544 | 136 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #1,965 | 96 | #5,041 | 18 |
| 2019 | #1,898 | 105 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #2,361 | 77 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #2,903 | 57 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #3,849 | 39 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 | #4,080 | 25 |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #3,350 | 48 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | #5,067 | 18 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | #3,217 | 30 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #2,943 | 31 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1992
The first year at least five girls were named Jalani! It came in at #13,317, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992–1997, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jalani is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Mississippi#218 · 1 in 742
- Louisiana#241 · 1 in 909
- South Carolina#373 · 1 in 1,407
- Alabama#436 · 1 in 1,665
- Arkansas#489 · 1 in 1,766
Best ever in a state: #218 in Mississippi, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #218 | 12 | 1 in 742 |
| Louisiana | #241 | 18 | 1 in 909 |
| South Carolina | #373 | 13 | 1 in 1,407 |
| Alabama | #436 | 11 | 1 in 1,665 |
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 1,766 |
| Georgia | #509 | 22 | 1 in 2,055 |
| Florida | #583 | 30 | 1 in 2,892 |
| Illinois | #748 | 12 | 1 in 3,694 |
| Virginia | #758 | 9 | 1 in 3,749 |
| North Carolina | #834 | 11 | 1 in 4,226 |
| Tennessee | #888 | 7 | 1 in 4,582 |
| Indiana | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 5,582 |
| New Jersey | #1,168 | 5 | 1 in 7,100 |
| Texas | #1,190 | 22 | 1 in 7,297 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 9,338 |
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
| New York | #1,830 | 6 | 1 in 13,055 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jalani
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 900 spots since 2020 (#1,965 → #1,065)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1992
- Peaked 2025 at #1,065 (228 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,049
- Highest: 1 in 7,049 girls born in 2025 were named Jalani (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 64.2% of all girls named Jalani (1,076) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
- Mostly boys until 2012, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22 | #9,260 (1998) | #10,974 |
| 2000s | 127 | #6,216 (2004) | #8,839 |
| 2010s | 451 | #1,898 (2019) | #4,274 |
| 2020s | 1,076 | #1,065 (2025) | #1,354 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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